Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-12-29
MONTANA NEWS.

I,
i IN the territory giving entertain.
mentS.
The stage line between Livingston
AMI Castle has been discontinued for
the winter.
The bridge across the Missouri river
al Great Falls will be completed early
in I9mnary.
Cascade County was formerly or
saniled at Great Fails, on Monday.
the 10Th inst.
Ten mining companies al Montana
pad dividends during the first eleven
months oi 1887, a.gfcgaiing "A total
of -, $50, 3gT.
The Stock Growers Journal snvs
that Montana marketed S..l6G..,o
worth al beeve- during the past sen
son lhis includes homeconsumption.
Gallatin County has thirty-live
school districts and ! ,JGJ children Of
school age. The school fund amount :
to Sl3. 1913, or an average of 81. 50
per capita.
The material for the permanent
and Bitter Root rivers j. now in tran
SIT. There are >oO.OOO pounds of
iron and steel in the lot, or forty car
loads.
Major seth Mabry buys the be.,
cattle Texas can produce for his Mon
lana range. His cattle sold iorSi
per cwt.. which was the highest price
paid for II string of cattle tiis season.
Tribune.
rnc Northern Pacific states that
1'.2'l Montana, and II. $50 Dakota
cattle were shipped over It's line during
the past season. In the same ime
sl2'" Montana and S,i00 Oregon
sheep were shipped.
Petitions addressed to Deleea,e /
'Toolc, and praying congress to take |
suchs action as will establish II svsfrn,
OF telegraph to he owned and con
trolled by the government. were cir4u-
lated in Livingston this week and
were signed by he majority of those
to whom ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
owen Emerson. probate Judge O;
'eer Lodge county, ieil of he rear end
y "a lnssrilser train while going to
Butte lew days ago. The train was
'unhing at a speed OF thirty miles an
iour ana the place where Emerson
eli was a rocky canyon but the Judge
escaped with "a few bruises.
\ letter from George Timer to Cha,.
dated mt Buffalo. Wvo.. Dee.
3th. notes the death OF Mrs. Gen'l
'ri>bin at TT. Mckinney. on the ,
morning OF the 18th inst. after "A
hort Illness. Mrs. Brl-bin had many J
iarh friends IN this community, who !
ender 60 the General their deepes,
ymp1thy IN his great bereavement -
eliowstone journal.
For the first time Yellowstone Go.
ay Is being shipped from Billings to
Their points in the territ DRY. The
rop tins year has been largely in ey-
IS OF the home consumption not
outstanding the fact of the Rocky '
ork railroad construction being an
consumer OF that conlmo-
ity. There is surely Il future for This
~ '77''' NOUS 'ry.-T;TZcrTe
General Manager shelby, of the Mon
ana tcntral, returned to Helena last :,
eek. lie informed the Great Falls I
rihune that his company would be q
-ina sand Coulee coaifortheireuoine Il
nj all other purposes inside OF ten =
iys. tntii such time as the branch :,
nd TO the mines is completed. he ex- -.
rts to have the coil waeone,l "A Dor l.,
IN OF the distance upon the compile.
IN of the bridge This will be- n
eaper than II bring the coal from y
no aud Pennsylvania rs ut present. r
IT MIR. Shelby says the Sand Coulee pr
NJ * Il better steam coal than thu co
ey are now using. p'
Alhert Cunningham is in great dis
as on account of the mysterious an
appearance OF his son, Il boy I3 tn
AIRS old. lie left his home ON Satnr- be-
ana has not been seen since. Ills
her supposes he may have been ear
q ava! ~ Il railroad car or wagon. 81
II put oil somewhere when the con fol
rtor found him. The boy has light "a
'wn mar and brown eyes. He wore -
gray SUIT and dark trousers. with "a
'wn overalls. lie had winter cap.
IVY shoes and blue WOODEN stock
:. Inc famiis live i'll one of three ca,
| age, near FIRST avenue south and We
ire tidlngS very much OF the lost pa
'.-t'reat Falls Tribune. -
les,iay afternoon William Fly. of an
trail Park. died in the Sisters hos -;
Il at Helena from the consell.ences ~
wound iii his LITTLE finger. which sn,
~ neglected produced ganarene.
'ut four weeks ago lac injured the
e finger of one hand and afterwar,l
sht coi' in it. The affected men, -
hecame quite painful and he c,n-
ed a doctor who advised anputa- n
i. Nr. Fly did not like TO lose his
~ and went TO Helena to consult
seek further advice Here. after
raj days delay his fineer was fin
amputatel, but too late as gan
g had set N and in short time
poison had entered his body, re-
me- IN his death ON Tuesday,
srprise.